Khirbet Tibnah

This article is about an ancient site in the West Bank, Palestine. For other places called Timna, Timnah, Timnath, see Timnath.
Khirbet Tibnah
Khirbet Tibnah viewed from the east in 2019
Khirbet Tibnah is located in the West Bank
Khirbet Tibnah
Shown within the West Bank
LocationRamallah and al-Bireh Governorate
RegionWest Bank
Coordinates32°00′30″N 35°06′40″E / 32.00833°N 35.11111°E / 32.00833; 35.11111
Grid position16035/15725 PAL
Site notes
Excavation dates20th century (poorly documented) and 2022
Archaeologists
  • Yitzhak Magen
  • Dvir Raviv
ConditionRuin

Khirbet Tibnah (also Tibneh[1]) is a tell (archaeological mound) located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the West Bank, between the villages Deir Nidham and Nabi Salih. It was inhabited from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period.[2][3]

Khirbet Tibnah is identified with the ancient town of Thamna.[4] The site was excavated in the 20th century by Yitzhak Magen but the work is unpublished. Further investigations were carried out in the 2010s and 2020s.

  1. ^ meaning "straw", Palmer, 1881, p. 246
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Rogers, 2021, p. 186